Students clash with police at Shahbagh

MNA National Desk: Students of newly affiliated seven government colleges with Dhaka University (DU) clash with police while staging demonstration to realize their demands at Shahbagh intersection on Thursday.

The students took to the street around 10:00 am, demanding announcement of dates and schedule for their examinations.

The seven colleges are Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls’ College, Government Bangla College and Government Titumir College.

Traffic on the busy road remained halted for an hour during the clash. Deputy Commissioner of police’s Ramna Zone Maruf Hossain said that around 12:30pm the road was now cleared.